# Be-Ayn-Ra — بعر (bEr)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/bEr

- **Meaning:** Camel.
- **Derived forms:** بَعِير (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 65

- **Form in this verse:** بَعِيرٍۢ ۖ — baʿīrin · "(of) a camel's (load)"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

وَلَمَّا فَتَحُوا مَتَاعَهُمْ وَجَدُوا بِضَاعَتَهُمْ رُدَّتْ اِلَيْهِمْۜ قَالُوا يَٓا اَبَانَا مَا نَبْغ۪يۜ هٰذِه۪ بِضَاعَتُنَا رُدَّتْ اِلَيْنَاۚ وَنَم۪يرُ اَهْلَنَا وَنَحْفَظُ اَخَانَا وَنَزْدَادُ كَيْلَ بَع۪يرٍۜ ذٰلِكَ كَيْلٌ يَس۪يرٌ

Walamma fatahoo mataAAahumwajadoo bidaAAatahum ruddat ilayhim qaloo yaabana ma nabghee hathihi bidaAAatunaruddat ilayna wanameeru ahlana wanahfathuakhana wanazdadu kayla baAAeerin thalikakaylun yaseer

And when they opened their possessions, they found their merchandise returned to them. They said: “O our father: what more can we ask! This is our merchandise returned to us. And we will get provision for our people and guard our brother, and will have increase of a camel’s measure — that is an easy measure.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-65.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 72

- **Form in this verse:** بَعِيرٍۢ — baʿīrin · "(of) a camel"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

قَالُوا نَفْقِدُ صُوَاعَ الْمَلِكِ وَلِمَنْ جَٓاءَ بِه۪ حِمْلُ بَع۪يرٍ وَاَنَا۬ بِه۪ زَع۪يمٌ

Qaloo nafqidu suwaAAaalmaliki waliman jaa bihi himlu baAAeerin waanabihi zaAAeem

They said: “We do miss the King’s goblet; and for him who brings it is a camel-load; and I guarantee it.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-72.md_

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